Scaling device



Aug. 22, 1939.

' R. c. LUCKINS SEALING DEVICE Filed Oct. 10, 1938 A iiorneys PatentedAug. 22, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in scaling devices for use bylinemen in climbing poles.

The invention is designed with the particular purpose in view ofproviding a simply con- 5 structed, inexpensive apparatus adapted tofrictionally grip a pole under step by step manipulation thereof so thatmetal poles may be quickly and safely climbed and also wooden poleswithout the use of mutilating spikes and unreliablesafety beltsso-called.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing, and subordinate objectspresently appearing, a preferred embodiment of my invention has beenillustrated in the accompanying drawing, set

15 forth in detail in the succeeding description, and

defined in the claims appended hereto.

In said drawing:

Figure l is a view in rear elevation of the preferred embodiment of myapparatus applied to a 20 pole.

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation, and

Figure 3 is a view in transverse section taken on line 33 of Figure 1looking in the direction indicated by the arrows and drawn to anenlarged 25 scale.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, the illustrated embodiment of myinvention comprises as the basic elements thereof a pair of climbingirons I and 2 of inverted V shape adapted for 30 location upon oppositesides of the pole 3 and each comprising a laterally extending upperledge 4 and a pair of downwardly divergent rod-like legs 5 dependingfrom said ledge, the legs each being provided with an upper and a lowereyelet 35 end 6 and 1 and each ledge 4 having suitably secured theretoan upwardly arching stirrup 8 preferably of semi-flexible material suchas leather.

The legs 5 are secured together by a pair of 40 ropes 9 and I0 trainedthrough the eyelet ends 6 and I and across opposite sides of the pole 3intermediate the irons, said ropes being coupled together all in amanner now to be described. One rope 9, for instance, is trained throughthe 45 lower eyelet ends I of one iron I then around one side of thepole 3, through the upper eyelet ends 6 of the other iron 2 and with thefree ends thereof connected to a coupling ring II and a snap hook I2,respectively, forming the before- 50 mentioned coupling. The other ropeI0 is trained through the lower eyelet ends I of the other iron 2, thenaround the opposite side of pole 3, and then through the upper eyeletends of the other iron I with its free ends similarly connected to 55said ring II and snap hook I2, respectively. As

will be seen, the ropes 9 and I0 are diagonally arranged, relatively,against the pole upon opposite sides thereof and intermediate the ironsI and 2 for frictional engagement with opposite sides of the pole 3, andthe legs 5 of said irons 5 are disposed upon opposite sides of said poleobliquely to facilitate frictional engagement of the legs with the pole.Obviously, the ropes 9 and ID will permit step by step movement of theirons I and 2 alternately and relatively upwardly 10 and downwardly. Thelegs 5 of the irons I and 2 are semi-flexible and light to bend underpull exerted thereon by said pairs of ropes and grip the pole 3.

Referring to the use of the described invention, two sets of the devicesare applied to the pole one above the other, in a manner which will beobvious, for the linemans hands and feet. The lineman now mounts thelower pair by inserting his feet into the stirrups and on the ledges 4and grips the ledges 4 or stirrups 8 of the upper pair. The irons I and2 of each pair are then manipulated upwardly, step by step as occasionmay require by movement of the hands and feet, the ropes 9 and I0 andthe irons of each pair gripping the sides of the pole so that backwardslipping is prevented and in a manner which will be manifest. Althoughthe invention contemplates using two sets of the described devices, saidsets being duplicates, a description of one will suffice for both.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suffice to impart a clearunderstanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly the invention, as described, is susceptible of modificationwithout departing from the inventive concept and right is hereinreserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the subjoinedclaims.

What I claim is:

1. A pole scaling device comprising a pair of climbing irons adapted tobe disposed upon opposite sides of the pole, respectively, and eachincluding an upper end stirrup and a pair of downwardly divergentrod-like legs having upper and lower eyelet-like ends, respectively, andmeans to connect said irons together comprising a pair of ropes eachloosely extending through the lower eyelet ends of one iron and theupper eyelet ends of the other iron and across. the opposite sides ofthe pole in diagonal relation each with respect to the other, the legsof said irons being semi-flexible to bend under pull exerted thereon bysaid pairs of ropes and grip the pole.

2. A pole scaling device comprising a pair of climbing irons adapted tobe disposed upon opposite sides of the pole, respectively, and eachincluding an upper end stirrup and a pair of downwardly divergentrod-like legs having upper and lower eyelet-like ends, respectively,means to connect said irons together comprising a pair of ropes eachloosely extending through the lower eyelet ends of one iron and theupper eyelet ends of the other iron and across the opposite sides of thepole in diagonal relation each with respect tothe other, said ropesbeing detachably connected together on one side of the pole, the legs ofsaid irons being semi-flexible to bend under pull exerted thereon bysaid pairs of ropes and grip the pole.

RUSSELL C. LUCKINS.

